Summers_Off

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  1. Do you wear rings?

    Summers_Off replied to SBJustBreathe's topic in General Students

    I leave my diamond at home. It has a really high setting and putting on those paper thin, stuck together sterile gloves is a joke. I have a plain thin band that I wear to clinicals. It was dirt cheap...

  2. What time do you start clinical?

    Summers_Off replied to SBJustBreathe's topic in General Students

    0645 or 0700 depending on the clinical instructor. Per the official registration time 0645. Really sucks when your daycare opens at 0630 and it's 25 minutes

  3. Second time around: what did you do differently?

    Summers_Off replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in General Students

    My suggestion is to do lots and lots and lots of NCLEX style questions related to your exam topics and read ALL the rationales. I pick up little tidbits and it trains my mind how to focus on what the...

  4. losing hope in nursing school

    Summers_Off replied to ncsteph's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    UNC-CH is extremely competitive to get into and they are cutting back due to budgetary strains. Why continue to put all your hopes and dreams into one particular program? I'm not saying to not try...

  5. Does volunteering at a hospital help?

    Summers_Off replied to DarkLotus's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I was about to write a post about this, but luckily I did a search first. I'm glad I did because you wrote the post for me! :) Only difference is that I don't like the driving OR the work. Have you...

  6. HELP!!! New grad with two great choices...

    Summers_Off replied to MomtoThree's topic in Pediatric

    In my opinion, where the hospital is located is a very minor consideration unless you have to walk to work or take public transportation. Dream job hand down! Maybe I am biased though. I go to less...

  7. Accrediation - which ones matter the most?

    Summers_Off replied to WorkingTowardsBSN's topic in General Students

    I think most NLNAC programs are ADN programs and CCNE are BSN. I remember reading that somewhere when I was researching

  8. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Summers_Off replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Can a student nurse chime in?When your mother is telling you about a road trip up the coast she is making with some of her retired friends and you start talking about how they need to get out and walk...

  9. I HATE NANDA!!!!

    Summers_Off replied to jmqphd's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    :uhoh21: Do you have a camera in my house????

  10. Whole class failed first test....now its a TAKE HOME!

    Summers_Off replied to Dowdy90's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    quote from esme12 [color=#333333]see this is the craziness i speak of.......a new grad comes out of school and has a patient in acute respiratory distress and we, the experienced nurses, think they...

  11. Male nurses student and skipping OB/L&D clinicals

    Summers_Off replied to Jfarmboy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    And you won't insert any Foleys on females in the ICU? Or change a soiled brief? lady partss are everywhere!!! :redlight: If it helps, I don't think having a lady parts makes me any more comfortable...

  12. Do YOU enjoy nursing school?

    Summers_Off replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in General Students

    I like it when someone basically writes my post for me :). Seriously though, I agree with all of this. I started this adventure with a toddler. I have had to sacrifice the tiny bit of social life I...

  13. new grad salaries

    Summers_Off replied to mom2girls's topic in General Students

    Per my school, NG pay in Charlotte is approximately

  14. Does RN-BSN programs have more "old" people???

    Summers_Off replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    I agree (although I can't comment on the "and sex" part). College, even for nursing majors, is an experience for traditional students. It's much more than acquiring the formal education to reach some...

  15. How long did you lurk before you joined?

    Summers_Off replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not long enough to know that my initial post of "think I can get into such and such school with such and such qualifications?" is a major pet peeve of the members

  16. How do you balance the demands of nursing school and life

    Summers_Off replied to rntobe1105's topic in General Students

    Two words..... CROCK POT. Also, I have a monthly meal calendar with ingredient/shopping list. It saves a lot of time when you don't have to expend ANY energy with "what's for dinner?" and "what do I...

  17. Nursing Future?

    Summers_Off replied to suzie113's topic in General Nursing

    What about PA? Not that I don't think nursing is GREAT :loveya:... just a suggestion based on your personal history.

  18. What rank will a NP joining the AF be commissioned as?

    Summers_Off replied to sweetpeaj09's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think the OP might have been posting via a cell phone. He/she probably wrote MSN and the cell phone thought it was smarter and that MAN was better. The post also said the OP was studying for the...

  19. YouTube Nurse Vlogs

    Summers_Off replied to Biffbradford's topic in General Nursing

    I follow this guy http://www.youtube.com/user/777mendoza777 I don't know how knowledgable he is, but when you look like that, who cares?!?!?! Yummy with a spoon!!!:heartbeat Just kidding, I think...

  20. Need to find a good RN school

    Summers_Off replied to determinedtobearn's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I believe all the community colleges require CNA first. I can't recall any 2 year programs in Charlotte area that didn't. I believe even Queens requires it now (but Queens isn't cheap!). You can do...

  21. nurse working on weekends-daycare options?

    Summers_Off replied to blessedtobeanurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have seen posts at my school for people looking for babysitters. Nursing students make great babysitters :-) ... they're already background checked, know first aid/CPR, and would love a great...

  22. Why do you do what you do and DON'T do what you don't do?

    Summers_Off replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    this student is reading! i would love peds but i already know i better take what i can get, say thank you, and learn all that i

  23. Wet-to-Dry Dressing

    Summers_Off replied to PediLove2147's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Hmmm.... very interesting. I just searched for this b/c the ATI skills video said w2d should not be used for debridement which was a direct contradiction to what my clinical instructor told me a week...

  24. MD vs NP in the picu setting

    Summers_Off replied to dyslexicandetermined's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    What a great

  25. Fundamentals class (mini-vent)

    Summers_Off posted a topic in General Students

    Where's the science? Where are the diseases? Where are the drugs? Sigh... Sleep? Stress? Self-concept? Culture? Caring? Before I get flamed, I know and understand that this stuff is critical. You...